Tiger Woods hasn’t spoken to Jon Rahm since his defection to LIV Golf. Reasons Below

Previously, Rahm was one of the few high profile golfers, along with the likes of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, to pledge his future to the PGA Tour following the emergence of LIV Golf. After defecting, the Spaniard made efforts to contact his former tour-mates, and while McIlroy has been supportive, Woods has apparently left Rahm on read.

“I mean, Tiger, I texted him and the people that try to reach out, you know, the process, when I signed and I just let him know, ‘Hey, you know, this is a personal decision. I have nothing against anybody’,” Rahm told ESPN in February.

After hinting that Woods hadn’t answered his texts, Rahm said: “Rory has been supportive publicly of my decision, and he was privately as well.” He also refused to shy away from accusations that his decision to quit the PGA was motivated by money.

“This is a new change. A big change. I don’t want to skip through this point: A big change how golfers get compensated. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a big part of it. In a nutshell, I’m getting more to play the same sport and have more time. I don’t know about most people, but that sounds great to me,” he said.

Rahm’s stuttering start with LIV Golf

Despite being the highest-paid player in the history golf, Rahm isn’t exactly playing like it. It was widely assumed he’d start racking up titles as soon as the year began, but the two-time major champion hasn’t registered a single victory on the tour yet.

Speaking ahead of the 10th event of the season in Andalucia, in his native Spain, Rahm insisted the 54-hole format – a format he once labelled “not proper” golf – wasn’t having an impact on his form. That said, he has urged the powers that be to consider switching to 72 holes.

He also gave himself “a six out of 10” for the campaign thus far, and stressed that he just needed to find some consistency. “There’s been weeks where I feel like I scored a lot better than I felt,” he told reporters. “And there’s been a couple weeks where it could have been better.

“[I] haven’t won yet so that would deduct quite a bit from [my rating for the season]. I would say maybe six out of 10 if I had to say. But the year is not over. [There is] still a lot to play for.”

A possible return to the PGA Tour

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Jon Rahm says he’s like to re-join the PGA some day

He might be public enemy number one in PGA circles but that hasn’t stopped Rahm from imagining a future back on the tour. Speaking ahead of the Masters in April, he admitted he “still loves” the PGA Tour, adding: “I hope I can compete there again.”